"A man that studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green, which otherwise would heal and do well."
- Francis Bacon (1561 - 1626)

"A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds."
- Francis Bacon (1561 - 1626)

"All rising to great place is by a winding stair."
- Francis Bacon (1561 - 1626)

"Children sweeten labors, but they make misfortunes more bitter. They increase the cares of life, but the mitigate the remembrance of death."
- Francis Bacon (1561 - 1626)

"Fame is like a river, that beareth up things light and swollen, and drowns things weighty and solid."
- Francis Bacon (1561 - 1626)

"For knowledge, too, is itself power."
- Francis Bacon (1561 - 1626)

"Fortune is like the market, where many times, if you can stay a little, the price will fall."
- Francis Bacon (1561 - 1626)

"God Almighty first planted a garden. And indeed it is the purest of human pleasures."
- Francis Bacon (1561 - 1626)